{"product_id":"the-butcher-boy-picador-collection","title":"The Butcher Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA modern classic of Irish fiction, shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I was a young lad twenty or thirty or forty years ago I lived in a small town where they were all after me on account of what I done on Mrs Nugent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancie Brady is a small-town rascal who spends his days turning a blind eye to the troubles at home and getting up to mischief with his best friend Joe – hiding in the chicken-house, shouting abuse at fish in the local stream. But after a disagreement with his neighbour Mrs Nugent over her son''s missing comic books, Francie''s reckless streak spirals out of control and gives rise to a monstrous obsession . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFearless, shocking and blackly funny, Patrick McCabe''s The Butcher Boy won the 1992 Irish Times Literature Prize and was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize. It is a modern classic of Irish fiction, a portrait of the insidious violence latent in small town life and of a frenzied young man lashing out at everyone, even himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TDLC Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46897180508383,"sku":"9781035065226","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781035065226.jpg?v=1744268862","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/the-butcher-boy-picador-collection","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}